Wackiness.org Reviews Archive

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The Story

Around 2003, in search of a purpose to their website, Noah Jackson and
Zeff Svoboda, a couple of friends in high school, combined their love of
music and having opinions into what became Wackiness.org Reviews. While
the endeavor never had a distinct name, it eventually enveloped the
previously scattered, eponymous website. As the two continued to cover
the latest "indie" music releases of the early 2000s with their
unfiltered opinions, unexpected attention from both independent labels
and a few new contributors slowly filtered in. One such contributor,
Noah's older brother, also a fan of snarky opinionating, became the sole
contributor to the film section of Reviews. For the next year and
change, with an unending stream of (sub par) demos from labels in the mailbox,
the five regular(ish) contributors produced nearly 200 reviews, interviews, and
best-of compilations. Not bad for a few kids in their spare time.

As high school drew to a close for the founders, and as attempts at
rebranding to MinorMasses.com were fraught with confusion, uncertainty,
and technical difficulties, the reviews began to dry up. Preparing for
their futures and uncertain of how prominent Reviews would be in it, the
site stagnated and, by 2006, the splash page was up informing everyone
that Wackiness.org Reviews and the half-launched Minor Masses were no
more. A decade passed and nothing much changed, the sites only kept alive
out of a sense of duty and nostalgia.

As a final act of deference to the efforts of the contributors and the
whirlwind experience of days gone by, here remains the final resting place
of Wackiness.org Reviews.

83/100: a worthwhile experience with decent effort; would
enjoy again.

The Archive

The Archive consists of the three sections of the original site,
Music,
Film (aka Movies), and
Features. These are unlikely to ever
change, though more content may be added to the archive as more of those
early and long-since defunct projects are officially "put to pasture".

You can contact Zeff Svoboda
with any questions, comments, or concerns.